Recent answers to How to uninstall Firefox. There apears to be no uninstall program for Mozillla Firefox on my computer. I've tried everything suggested and nothing works.https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/9534842013-08-26T04:31:52-07:00As I said please start your own thread, and post back to confirm you have done that. I am not going 2013-08-26T04:31:52-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484?page=2#answer-472991

As I said please start your own thread, and post back to confirm you have done that. I am not going to break forum guidlines and answer a separate question in this thread.

But general notes

As a last resort I personally will consider helping you to install Firefox18 once you realise the risks. However whatever your problems they should be solvable on Firefox 23.0.1 the current Release and you should try that first.

Windows rollbacks are not usually a good idea IMHO, they can change or loose all sorts of things depending on how far back you need tog.

Old versions are unsuported and insecure. They increase risks to your system and personal information. You would be better using another browser rather than an unsupported Firefox.

John I have tried a system restore to go back to say July before firefox releasedd their newest vers2013-08-25T16:41:30-07:00schnappshttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484?page=2#answer-472795

John I have tried a system restore to go back to say July before firefox releasedd their newest version but it will not let me go back that far. It tells me that it failed everytime.

schnapsp, Sorry you are having problems.
Note I have and often do run many different versions of Fi2013-08-25T02:56:21-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484?page=2#answer-472524

schnapsp, Sorry you are having problems.

Note I have and often do run many different versions of Firefox. Earlier this week testing a video link I had four different versions open and running simultaneously.

If you wish post back here once you have done that so we may find your question.

I am not going to go off subject and try to help you when the question is in someone else's solved thread especially as it is a different subject. (It is against forum guidelines but you may post a short comment back here to say you started a thread, so anyone so wishing may find it.)

Back on to the topic of uninstalling Firefox. As already mentioned in this thread

Firefox does not have a specific uninstaller option. (In fact Windows versions have an unseen uninstaler Wizard normally run from the Windows control panel {appwiz.cpl) )

On Windows use the control panel to uninstall Firefox. That is the usual method of uninstalling nearly all programs on Windows

Like many programs it deliberately leaves behind some things (e.g.the user settings ) In a desire to help those wishing to use Firefox again after a reinstalling.

Some users will try uninstalling Firefox to solve problems, but would be more successful using other methods, so anyone wishing to uninstall please start your own thread and remember to say why you are trying to uninstall.

Remember security related software could try to prevent browser removal. Or the opposite issue is corruption or malware is causing the problem.

I sure would agree with that I liked the 18 which is what we that have extensions like but oh no we 2013-08-24T12:53:09-07:00schnappshttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484?page=2#answer-472333

I sure would agree with that I liked the 18 which is what we that have extensions like but oh no we can't have a new one that likes what we had on our system before that would be too easy an when your not a computer geek you spend hours trying to find a way to make your extensions work. I have about had it with firefox might as well go back to ie as my extensions won't work in chrome either. An the part that makes me mad is no simple uninstall its like oh boy you tried us an now we are lke a tic that wants to suck the blood out of you.

Wise advise to use official sites. We spend a lot of time answering questions about adware, malware 2013-07-15T12:59:26-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-456938

Wise advise to use official sites. We spend a lot of time answering questions about adware, malware and search hijacks / unwanted toolbars.

I edited one of the posts to include official links.

Thank you.
I have been following that rule.
2013-07-15T12:12:30-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-456923

Thank you.

I have been following that rule.

I do not recommend downloading Firefox from any site except one owned by Mozilla. You can get added2013-07-15T12:02:03-07:00finitarryhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-456919

I do not recommend downloading Firefox from any site except one owned by Mozilla. You can get added junk dumped on you by going to some third party sites.

Thank you, whiskeydog
This issue was raised back in April. I was able to resolve it by using Revo Un2013-07-15T10:10:17-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-456868

Thank you, whiskeydog

This issue was raised back in April. I was able to resolve it by using Revo Uninstaller.

Regards

I had this problem until today....
Simply go to filehippo.com, install version 15 of firefox. You wi2013-07-15T09:31:16-07:00whiskeydoghttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-456857

I had this problem until today....
Simply go to filehippo.com, install version 15 of firefox. You will now be able to remove firefox from your pc.
Glad to be of assistance :)

edit ~J99

Notes

Please use official downloads of Firefox installers from official sites such as

Those are both commonly used software often recommended on this forum, and AFAIK cause no problems with Firefox, or with uninstalling Firefox.

John -
Appreciate the time you have given to this issue.
1) In going through the forum found that I 2013-04-23T17:21:55-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430797

John -

Appreciate the time you have given to this issue.

1) In going through the forum found that I was not the only user facing the problem with Control Panel/Add-Remove. I have no clue why it does not work. But, then, Firefox \uninstall\helper.exe didn't work either.

From what I remember of Firefox on an XP there are virtually no registry entries, other than file as2013-04-23T16:52:22-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430789

From what I remember of Firefox on an XP there are virtually no registry entries, other than file associations. I do not recall XP having any direct protection that would prevent you from merely deleting the program files.

But I also do not know why your Control Panel does not work, in uninstalling Firefox.

What security related and backup software do you use ?

Could any of that be protecting or re-installing Firefox.

finitary -
In response to the second part of your message, no, the installation was not from a zip f2013-04-23T16:27:09-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430782

finitary -

In response to the second part of your message, no, the installation was not from a zip file.

Regards

Great, but how do I do it?
My failure to remove (uninstall) is what brought me to this forum.
Non2013-04-23T16:25:07-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430781

Great, but how do I do it?

My failure to remove (uninstall) is what brought me to this forum.

None of the instructions for removal worked.

Thank you, John
The thought of malware occurred to me. However, the PC is updated and scanned daily2013-04-23T16:21:37-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430780

Thank you, John

The thought of malware occurred to me. However, the PC is updated and scanned daily by Microsoft Security Essentials.

In addition, it is kept updated and scanned with Malware Bytes.

So, that is not the problem.

Regards

I tend to notice some users wanting to uninstall Firefox and having problems are often in fact havin2013-04-23T15:42:50-07:00John99https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430769

I tend to notice some users wanting to uninstall Firefox and having problems are often in fact having malware or adware issues.

Then the only recourse would be to remove the program and the profile directories, and then use the 2013-04-23T15:35:18-07:00finitarryhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430764

Then the only recourse would be to remove the program and the profile directories, and then use the registry editor to remove all instances of "Firefox" from the registry. Oh, and also remove the shortcuts in the start menu or the desktop.

Just had another thought - did you install Firefox from a .zip file? If so, you would probably not need to worry about removing anything from the registry.

Thank you for your response.
My system is Win XP, with SP3
Regret to say that the Add/Remove program2013-04-23T13:02:58-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430710

Thank you for your response.

My system is Win XP, with SP3

Regret to say that the Add/Remove program did not work.

Also tried other suggested actions -- resetting; and "helper.exe" -- without success.

You should be able to uninstall Firefox from the Control Panel if you installed it in Windows. If y2013-04-23T12:39:05-07:00finitarryhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430695

You should be able to uninstall Firefox from the Control Panel if you installed it in Windows. If you are using Mac OS, there is a free app called App Cleaner which can remove all traces of an application.

Struggling with this issue, I'm surprised by the absence of an uninstaller.
Have tried all the sugg2013-04-23T11:46:57-07:00musafirhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/953484#answer-430672

Struggling with this issue, I'm surprised by the absence of an uninstaller.

Have tried all the suggested steps and nothing worked. It is frustrating.
My reaction is "never again". Once I get this program off my system, I'll
stay away from Mozilla.

If you reset Firefox then a new profile is created and some of your data (bookmarks, passwords, cookies, form data) is automatically imported and your current profile will be moved to the desktop (Old Firefox Data).